How joining a TikTok LIVE Creator Network works
Short answer: You tap Apply, which opens TikTok's own application page for us, and apply inside the app; we review and reply; if it fits, we approve you inside TikTok and you accept in the app; then a named manager onboards you and coaches you on a written schedule. Nothing is signed outside the app, and nothing costs you money.
Step 1 — Apply inside TikTok
Our Apply button opens TikTok's own application page for Nova Network, marked “Creator Network.” Check the name, then tap “Apply to join” in the app. We have no web invite portal: joining happens only inside the TikTok app. If you want to talk before you apply, the apply page has a short optional form and we will call or text you. We do not ask for your password, your email login, or any code TikTok sends you — ever.
Step 2 — We review and reply
We look at your public LIVE history and your answers. Every applicant hears back within 2 business days, including the ones we decline. The usual reasons we decline are on the who should join page so you can check them first.
Step 3 — You decide inside TikTok
TikTok's own description of this stage: “After identifying potential creators, Creator Networks can send invitations to creators. Creators who receive the invitation will have an opportunity to learn more about the Creator Network, understand the collaboration, and decide whether to continue the onboarding process.” Source: TikTok LIVE Creator Networks blog — TikTok LIVE Agency Invitation, page dated 2026-08-05, accessed 2026-09-17.
Our invitation comes from our linked scouting account, @novanetworkllc, which per TikTok “displays the Creator Network certification.” Source: TikTok LIVE Creator Networks blog — LIVE Backstage creator onboarding, page dated 2026-09-07, accessed 2026-09-17. You read the terms in the app. We send you the full creator agreement in writing before you accept any invitation. You can review the key terms on the requirements page. Invitations expire — TikTok notes that networks “can check available invitation quotas, review invitation validity” — so if yours lapses, tell us and we will resend it.
Step 4 — Onboarding
Within the first week you get a named manager, a written LIVE schedule that meets our minimums (14 hours per month over 14 days), a walkthrough of what TikTok says drives Reward Payments, and our account-safety checklist. TikTok's Rewards Policy lists those factors as “your popularity on the Platform (measured in Diamonds collected), LIVE duration, the number of new unique followers while you are LIVE, viewer engagement, the number of days you have gone LIVE, your league or ranking, and the quality and safety of your LIVE content.” Source: TikTok — Rewards Policy (United States), page dated 2026-01-22, accessed 2026-09-17.
Step 5 — Coaching, data, events
What we see: the LIVE performance data TikTok exposes to networks on LIVE Backstage — “real-time performance metrics, such as Diamonds and active hours,” viewer engagement, and contract status. Source: TikTok — TikTok LIVE Creator Networks, accessed 2026-09-17. What we do with it: a regular review of your streams, specific changes to try, and honest feedback when something is not working. What we cannot do: change what TikTok shows to whom.
Network events, battles, and bonus programs vary month to month and are announced to our creators when we are eligible for them. We do not advertise programs we cannot confirm.
How we get paid
Not from your Diamonds — our share is 0%. TikTok's Creator Networks page describes networks accessing “incentive programs” and “monthly bonuses” through LIVE Backstage; that is where our revenue comes from. TikTok does not publish the formula and we will not invent one. Source: TikTok — TikTok LIVE Creator Networks, accessed 2026-09-17.
Leaving
Our notice period is 30 days, in writing, in the agreement. Full details, including what TikTok does and does not publish about leaving, are in How to leave a TikTok LIVE agency.